Rediscovery and lectotypification of Lepidagathis diffusa (Acanthaceae), an endemic species from southern India

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Published: 30.12.2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2017.27.2.17
Keywords:
Barleria diffusa, Eastern Ghats, Endemic, Lectotype, Lepidagathis diffusa, Rediscovery

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N. Dhatchanamoorthy
National Herbarium of Medicinal Plants and Repository of Raw Drug, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Trans Disciplinary University (TDU), Foundation for Revitalisation of Health Traditions (FRLHT), 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Yelahanka, Bangalore – 560064, Karnataka, India.
N. Balachandran
Ecology Department, French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, Saint Louis Street, Puducherry – 605001, India.
K. Ravikumar
National Herbarium of Medicinal Plants and Repository of Raw Drug, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Trans Disciplinary University (TDU), Foundation for Revitalisation of Health Traditions (FRLHT), 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Yelahanka, Bangalore – 560064, Karnataka, India.

Abstract

Lepidagathis diffusa C.B. Clarke, a species endemic to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states in southern India, has been rediscovered after a century from Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu and also the name is lectotypified here.

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2017): Rheedea

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Dhatchanamoorthy, N., Balachandran, N., & Ravikumar, K. (2017). Rediscovery and lectotypification of Lepidagathis diffusa (Acanthaceae), an endemic species from southern India. Rheedea, 27(2), 96-98. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2017.27.2.17

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